(A) The boundaries of the districts are hereby established as shown upon the map accompanying this chapter and made a part hereof. The zoning map and all the notations, references and all amendments thereto, and other information shown thereon is hereby made a part of this chapter and the same as if the information set forth on the map were all fully described and set out in this chapter. The zoning map properly attested is on file in the office of the Zoning Administrator and is available for inspection by the public. The zoning map and any other land development map may be maintained in paper or digital format.
(B) In creation, by this chapter, of the respective districts, the Board of Commissioners has given due and careful consideration to the peculiar suitability of each and every district for the particular regulations applied thereto, and the necessary, proper and comprehensive groupings and arrangements of the various uses and densities of population in accordance with a well-considered plan for the development of the town and its extraterritorial area.
(C) Development regulations adopted pursuant to this chapter may reference or incorporate by reference flood insurance rate maps, watershed boundary maps or other maps officially adopted or promulgated by state and federal agencies, as further provided by G.S. § 160D-105. For these maps a regulation text or zoning map may reference a specific officially adopted map or may incorporate by reference the most recent officially adopted version of such maps. When zoning district boundaries are based on maps that reference a specific officially adopted map or incorporate by reference the most recent officially adopted version of such maps, the zoning district boundaries are automatically amended to remain consistent with changes in the officially promulgated state or federal maps, provided a copy of the currently effective version of any incorporated map shall be maintained for public inspection.
(Ord. 21- , passed - -2021)